TechSolutions 60-day Notice - Federal Register

Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 113 / Monday, June 14, 2010 / Notices
c. An estimate of the total public
burden (in hours) associated with the
collection: 118 burden hours.
Dated: June 3, 2010.
Tara O’Toole,
Under Secretary for Science and Technology.
[FR Doc. 2010–14230 Filed 6–11–10; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
[Docket No. DHS–2010–0040]

Science and Technology (S&T)
Directorate; Agency Information
Collection Activities: Submission for
Review; Information Collection
Request for the Department of
Homeland Security (DHS) Science and
Technology TechSolutions Program
Science and Technology
Directorate, DHS.
ACTION: 60-day Notice and request for
comment.
AGENCY:

The TechSolutions Program
was established by the Department of
Homeland Security’s (DHS’s) Science
and Technology (S&T) Directorate to
provide information, resources and
technology solutions that address
mission capability gaps identified by the
emergency response community. The
goal of TechSolutions is to field
technologies that meet 80% of the
operational requirement, in a 12 to 15
month time frame, at a cost
commensurate with the proposal. Goals
will be accomplished through rapid
prototyping or the identification of
existing technologies that satisfy
identified requirements. Through the
use of data collection forms,
TechSolutions will collect submitter
and capability gap information from
First Responders (Federal, State, Local,
and Tribal Police, Firefighters, and
Emergency Medical Service) through the
TechSolutions Web site. The
information will be used to address
reported capability gaps, leading to
improved safety and productivity. The
DHS invites interested persons to
comment on the following forms and
instructions (hereinafter ‘‘Forms
Package’’) for the TechSolutions
program: (1) Submit a Capability Gap
(DHS Form 10011 (04/07)), (2)
Information Request (DHS Form 10012
(04/07)), and (3) Register (DHS Form
10015 (04/07)). Section 313 of the
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (PL
107–296) established this requirement.
This notice and request for comments
is required by the Paperwork Reduction

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Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–13, 44 U.S.C.
chapter 35).
DATES: Comments are encouraged and
will be accepted until August 13, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit comments, identified
by docket number DHS–2010–0040, by
one of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://
www.regulations.gov. Please follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
• E-mail: [email protected].
Please include docket number DHS–
2010–0040 in the subject line of the
message.
• Fax: (202) 254–6171. (Not a toll-free
number.)
• Mail: Science and Technology
Directorate, Attn: OCIO—Jeffery Harris,
245 Murray Drive, Mail Stop 0202,
Washington, DC 20528.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jeffery Harris (202) 254–6015 (not a toll
free number).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Please
note that the Forms Package includes
three forms for collecting submitter and
capability gap information from first
responders (federal, state, local, and
tribal police, firefighters, and emergency
medical service). As explained herein,
these separate forms are intended to be
flexible and permit DHS S&T to address
reported capability gaps, leading to
improved safety and productivity
without undue bureaucratic burden.
The Department is committed to
improving its TechSolutions processes
and urges all interested parties to
suggest how these materials can further
reduce burden while seeking necessary
information under the Act. DHS is
particularly interested in comments
that:
(1) Evaluate whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary
for the proper performance of the
functions of the agency, including
whether the information will have
practical utility;
(2) Evaluate the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
(3) Suggest ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and
(4) Suggest ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on those who are to respond, including
through the use of appropriate
automated, electronic, mechanical, or
other technological collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology, e.g., permitting electronic
submissions of responses.

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The Forms Package will be available on
the Tech Solutions Web site found at
(https://www.techsolutions.dhs.gov).
The user will complete the forms online
and submit them through the Web site.
Overview of This Information
Collection
(1) Type of Information Collection:
Information Collection Revision.
(2) Title of the Form/Collection:
TechSolutions Submit a Capability Gap,
Information Request, and Register.
Agency Form Number, if any, and the
applicable component of the
Department of Homeland Security
sponsoring the collection: DHS Science
and Technology Directorate, Submit a
Capability Gap (DHS Form 10011
(04/07), Information Request (DHS Form
10012 (04/07), and Register (DHS Form
10015 (04/07).
(3) Affected public who will be asked
or required to respond, as well as a brief
abstract: Business or other for-profit,
not-for-profit institutions, and state,
local or tribal government; the data
collected through the TechSolutions
Forms Package will be used to address
reported capability gaps, leading to
improved safety and productivity for
first responders.
(4) An estimate of the total number of
respondents and the amount of time
estimated for an average respondent to
respond:
a. Estimate of the total number of
respondents: 391.
b. An estimate of the time for an
average respondent to respond: .42
burden hours.
c. An estimate of the total public
burden (in hours) associated with the
collection: 39 burden hours.
Dated: June 3, 2010.
Tara O’Toole,
Under Secretary for Science and Technology.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Office of the Secretary: Sport Fishing
and Boating Partnership Council
Charter
Office of the Secretary, Interior.
Notice of Renewal.

AGENCY:
ACTION:

This notice is published in
accordance with the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (Act). Following
consultation with the General Services
Administration, the Secretary of the
Interior has renewed the Sport Fishing
and Boating Partnership Council
(Council) charter for 2 years.

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